plurale tantum

See also: Pluraletantum

English

Etymology

From Latin plurale tantum (“plural as such, plural only”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌplʊɚ.ə.leɪ ˈtæn.təm/, /ˌplɝ.ə.leɪ -/

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Noun

plurale tantum (plural pluralia tantum or (nonstandard) pluralia tanta)

1. (grammar) A noun (in any specific sense) that has no singular form, such as scissors (in most usage).

   Roger wasn’t sure whether “jeans” was a true plurale tantum, since the word “jean” exists and describes a type of cloth.

Translations

a noun without a singular form

• Arabic: اِسْم جَمْع‎ m (ism jamʿ)
• Armenian: անեզական գոյական (anezakan goyakan)
• Catalan: plurale tantum (ca) m
• Czech: podstatné jméno (cs) pomnožné (cs) n
• Finnish: pluratiivi (fi), monikkosana
• French: plurale tantum (fr) m
• Georgian: მრავლობით რიცხვში მდგომი არსებითი სახელები (mravlobit ricxvši mdgomi arsebiti saxelebi)
• German: Pluraletantum (de) n, Pluralwort (de) n
• Icelandic: fleirtöluorð (is) n, fleirtölunafnorð n
• Italian: plurale tantum m

• Japanese: 絶対複数 (ja) (zettai-fukusū)
• Latin: plurale tantum n
• Latvian: daudzskaitlinieks m
• Persian: اسم جمع‎ (fa) (esm-e-jam')
• Portuguese: plurale tantum m
• Romanian: substantiv plurale tantum n
• Russian: плюра́лия та́нтум n (pljurálija tántum)
• Spanish: plurale tantum (es)
• Swedish: plurale tantum (sv) n

See also

• Category:English pluralia tantum
• duale tantum
• singulare tantum
• uncountable

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pluːˈraː.le ˈtan.tum/, [pɫ̪uːˈräːɫ̪ɛ ˈt̪än̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pluˈra.le ˈtan.tum/, [pluˈräːlɛ ˈt̪än̪t̪um]

Noun

plūrāle tantum n (genitive plūrālis tantum); third declension

1. plurale tantum

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem) with an indeclinable portion.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	plūrāle tantum	plūrālia tantum
Genitive	plūrālis tantum	plūrālium tantum
Dative	plūrālī tantum	plūrālibus tantum
Accusative	plūrāle tantum	plūrālia tantum
Ablative	plūrālī tantum	plūrālibus tantum
Vocative	plūrāle tantum	plūrālia tantum

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Portuguese

Noun

plurale tantum m (plural pluralia tanta)

1. (grammar) plurale tantum (a noun without a singular form)